I have to say that I agree with Flying Mouse and Heat on this one. I am a dedicated fan. If I have the money, i will go to a concert/buy an album/buy a piece of memorabilia. However the key difference between "normal" fan-behaviour and an obsession is all about keeping a view on reality!!
I am sure that meat does not give a flying fig who I am!! If I ever got to the point where i was convinced that Meat was a "friend" then I would have blurred the line between reality and fantasy.
To an extent, we must all consider ourselves to have gone from liking the music of meat to a mild form of worship. After all, most of us regularly pop in here to discuss Meat with other like-minded folk or will go out and buy albums or classic tracks. However, i am sure that 99.9% or us listen to other srtists and have other activites, you only have to view the "What are you listening to" topic in Off-Topic to see how varied our tastes are. If no-one preferred one artist above others then we would not have fan-clubs or fanzines.
The fans whose behaviour i would find odd are the ones who are not willing to recognise that an artist can do things that are below their usual standard and will not accept any form of criticism of an artist.
If I won the lotto then i probably would go to any Meat concerts I could or buy any memorabilia, but I am willing to bet good money that I would also go see other artists and buy other things.
Anyway, this is just my two cents worth!!
Also, I personally cannot understand why people get to the point where they would be willing to stalk, attack or otherwise upset the person they claim to like.
(Apologies if this reply seems rather disjointed!! I was writing it on the fly as it were!!)
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